IND Vs Eng 5th Test: 5 biggest reasons for India’s victory at Oval, learn how I have a historic victory of 6 runs

India has won closely by 6 runs in the Oval Test. This is India’s winning win in the history of Test cricket. The Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy touched 2-2 on par. The first innings decreased in the fifth Test, from being reduced to just 224 runs to registering a historic victory of 6 runs. Know here for which 5 reasons the Indian team was able to win in the Oval Test.

Mohammad Siraj proved to be a good leader?

Jasprit Bumrah was not playing the fifth Test, so Mohammad Siraj was India’s most experienced fast bowler. He took a total of 9 wickets in the match, leading the pace attack. Siraj looked very strong mentally, each of his ball was asking questions to the England batsmen. Seeing his physical language, a different edge was seen in the bowling of famous Krishna and Akashdeep.

Finally, depth in batting worked

In the entire series, the Indian team management has adopted a depth strategy in batting. India’s 6 wickets fell for 153 runs in the first innings, but the last 4 wickets added 71 runs to bring India to a respectable score of 224. At the end of the second innings, Washington Sundar played an innings of 53 runs, India’s score was taken around 400. Had this innings not come, England would have got a target of 330-340.

Good support found in bowling

It is generally seen that India’s lead bowler is doing well, but he does not get support. On one side, Mohammad Siraj took 9 wickets in the Oval Test, while the famous Krishna took a total of 8 wickets in the match giving full support to him.

Did not take new ball on the fifth day

On the fifth day, England had to score 35 runs to win. On the fifth day only 4 overs were thrown and after 80 overs in the innings, a new ball was available for the Indian team. Siraj and Krishna were making the old ball swing a lot, due to which the English batsmen beat many times. Had India taken a new ball, perhaps it could have bounced more than the old ball, in such a situation, it would have become a little easier for the batsmen to make the bat and the ball connection.

Jaiswal works on the most important occasion

Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 323 runs in 8 innings before the Oval Test. At the same time, Jaiswal was constantly flopped in the last 6 innings of the series against England. Eventually Jaiswal scored a century when England had gained 23 runs in the first innings of the Oval Test. In the second innings, Jaiswal scored 118 runs, ending the drought of his big innings. Due to him, India reached 396 runs in the second innings.

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